Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions

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NEW YORK, September 30, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust (NYSE: BCX), BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (NYSE: BDJ), BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust (NYSE: BGR), BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust (NYSE: BGY), BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (NYSE: BME), BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (NYSE: BMEZ), BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust (NYSE: BOE), BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust (NYSE: BUI), BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: CII), BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (NYSE: BST), BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust (NYSE: BSTZ), BlackRock Innovation and Growth Term Trust (NYSE: BIGZ), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (NYSE: BCAT), and BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust (NYSE: ECAT) (collectively, the "Funds") paid the following distributions per share:

Fund

Pay Date

Per Share

BCX

September 30, 2024

$0.051800

BDJ

September 30, 2024

$0.056200

BGR

September 30, 2024

$0.065700

BGY

September 30, 2024

$0.033800

BME

September 30, 2024

$0.213000

BMEZ

September 30, 2024

$0.176020

BOE

September 30, 2024

$0.063000

BUI

September 30, 2024

$0.121000

CII

September 30, 2024

$0.099500

BST

September 30, 2024

$0.250000

BSTZ

September 30, 2024

$0.213950

BIGZ

September 30, 2024

$0.086650

BCAT

September 30, 2024

$0.287000

ECAT

September 30, 2024

$0.301160

Each of the Funds has adopted a managed distribution plan (the "Plan") to support a level monthly distribution of income, capital gains and/or return of capital, or in the case of BMEZ, BSTZ, BIGZ, ECAT and BCAT a monthly distribution based on an annual rate of 12% (for BMEZ, BSTZ and BIGZ) and 20% (for ECAT and BCAT) of the Fund’s 12-month rolling average daily net asset value calculated 5 business days prior to declaration date of each distribution. The fixed amounts distributed per share or distribution rate, as applicable, are subject to change at the discretion of each Fund’s Board of Directors/Trustees. Under its Plan, each Fund will distribute all available net income to its shareholders, consistent with its investment objectives and as required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). If sufficient income (inclusive of net investment income and short-term capital gains) is not available on a monthly basis, the Funds will distribute long-term capital gains and/or return capital to their shareholders in order to maintain a level distribution.

Each Fund’s estimated sources of the distributions paid this month and for its current fiscal year are as follows: